We celebrate the great miracle of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, our rebirth and the rebirth of the cosmos, even amidst the pandemic and lockdown. Through this liturgy, let us unite ourselves with the Risen Lord, that...
Fr Dominic reflects on Holy Saturday, between Christ’s death and Resurrection, at such an extraordinary time. A friend wrote recently on Facebook that he’d never had to give up so much for Lent. Who’d have thought, at the beginning...
Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms, readings and chants, including the beautiful...
A meditation on the Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross, with music, art and words, from Sr. Ann Catherine and Sr. Tamsin, of St. Catherine’s Dominican Convent in Cambridge.
To help us into Good Friday, a beautiful lockdown rendition of Wir setzen mit Tranen nieder (“We sit on the ground in tears”) from J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
Tenebrae (“darkness”), so called from the tradition of progressively extinguishing the candles, is the long Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is made up of psalms, readings and chants, including the beautiful...
The readings can be found here, on Universalis. Hymn after the First Reading 1 Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended, that we to judge thee have in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O...
Mass of the Lord’s Supper is in the next post – click here. Click below for Office of Readings and Morning Prayer (Lauds). Maundy Thursday Morning
Opening Hymn 1 Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise: in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. 2 O loving wisdom of our God! When all was sin...
The Cross, place of Jesus’ death, has become the Tree of Life for us. Reflecting on this great mystery, Fr Euan Marley offers a Pro-Life Stations of the Cross – meditations to help us support life with gentleness and...